This sort of thing has happened before - some overzealous lawyer, or some techie who isn't paying attention, puts the wrong license on something.
It'll change. If you haven't tried it, though, do so - it's ridiculously fast. Can't wait to run it on all my machines. And yes, someone will come out with an ad-blocker soonish. Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books "The important thing is not to stop questioning." ---Albert Einstein On Sep 3, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 09:40 -0500, Robert Citek wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> ... This license is for the >>> sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote >>> the >>> services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the >>> additional terms of those services." >> >> What service? I thought Chrome was a browser. > > Ask Google. > >>> Also, no AdBlockPlus! (then again, why would Google want to block >>> ads???) >> >> If it's really Open Source, then just give it time. > > Ahh, but is it, really? From that flawless unimpeachable source of > perfect "truthiness", Wikipedia: > > Licensing > Google Chrome source code is released under a BSD licence. Users of > the > executable code version must accept Google Chrome Terms of Service > instead.[11] A Slashdot news item has drawn attention to a passage in > the EULA reading > > > "By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give > Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and > non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, > publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any > content which you submit, post or display on or through, the > services."[12] > > The passage in question is inherited from the general Google terms of > service.[13] > > > > > So, if it is truly Open Source, then why must you accept their terms > of > service in order to use the executable? > > Theresa > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
